Proposed investigations from NASA's Earth Venture-1 (EV-1) airborne science selections

Abstract

On 27 May 2010, NASA announced the first Earth Venture (EV-1) selections in response to a recommendation made by the National Research Council for low-cost investigations fostering innovation in Earth Science. The five EV-1 investigations span the Earth science focus areas of atmosphere, weather, climate, water and energy and, carbon and represent Earth science researchers from NASA as well as other government agencies, academia and industry from around the world. The five EV-1 missions are (1) Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface (AirMOSS); (2) Airborne Tropical TRopopause Experiment (ATTREX); (3) Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment (CARVE); (4) Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from Column and VERtically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality (DISCOVER-AQ), and (5) Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3). The Earth Venture missions are managed out of the Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) Program Office [3]